Eddie Tagoe

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Eddie Tagoe is a Ghanaian actor best known in the U.K. for playing "Presuming Ed" in the 1986 film production of Withnail and I, a role which he resumed in 2000 in a stage production of the same work. Internationally, he may be better recognized for his brief appearance in the movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark. Billed only as the "Messenger Pirate", his character was sent to find Indiana Jones in advance of Nazis boarding the ship on which Jones was travelling. Initially unable to find Jones, he was instructed by the captain to look again, and immediately replied, "I found him!", pointing to Jones swimming to the Nazi submarine. Tagoe had a significantly larger part as "Chocolate Mousse" in the 1984 farce, Top Secret!, and appeared in various other roles such as Sgt. Gwambe in Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend, as well as in The Dogs of War and Pink Floyd The Wall. The son of a Ghanaian chief, Tagoe travelled to London to study reflexology prior to pursuing acting. In 1995, however, he returned to his reflexology career when he was recruited to serve as team reflexologist for Newcastle United F.C.


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as Messenger Pirate
Released: 1981-06-12

When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated...

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Top Secret!

as Chocolate Mousse
Released: 1984-06-08

Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music...

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Pink Floyd: The Wall

as Minder
Released: 1982-07-14

A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation...

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as Presuming Ed
Released: 1987-06-19

Two out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend,...

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Arabian Adventure

as The Nubian
Released: 1979-07-08

An evil caliph (Christopher Lee) offers his daughter’s hand in marriage to a prince if he can...

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Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend

as Sgt. Gambwe
Released: 1985-03-22

A paleontologist and her husband discover a mother and baby brontosaurus in Africa, and try to...

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Spaghetti House

as Bill
Released: 1982-10-22

Three black militants kidnap the waiters in an Italian restaurant in London. Soon the victims...

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Black Joy

as African Dustman
Released: 1977-11-06

An innocent and unsophisticated Guyanese immigrant is exposed to the hustlin' way of life in the...

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The Bill: Target

as Mr. Henry
Released: 1996-03-11

Feature length episode of the popular TV series. WPC Ackland finds herself the target of an...

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Drums Along Balmoral Drive

as Waiter
Released: 1986-08-06

'I don't think at first I thought at all. I had a nice house, lovely kids. I didn't think about...

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Ama

as Brother Josh
Released: 1991-09-06

A golden floppy disk becomes a prophetic device through which a young Ghanaian girl living in...

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